Aida Turturro (born September 25, 1962) is an American actress best known for playing Janice Soprano, sister of New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano, on the HBO TV series The Sopranos (1999–2007).
When I made my Broadway debut, I was still cleaning houses, something I'd done since I went out on my own at 15.
I went to a college in New York called New Paltz. I studied theater there for four years. I also studied privately in NYC with a teacher named Robert X. Modica.
I think people should be proud of the work they do, whatever it is. I have this other arty side that loves creating homes. I can be happy going to the hardware store.
It's nice when people approach you to help.
I'm the worst person about publicizing myself.
I was born and raised in New York, but my family on both sides is of Italian descent.
I don't look at her like she's a bad girl. She just misunderstood sometime, she's a little troubled, she's a little dysfunctional. She's a survivor.
There are some people who're all doctors. Is it genetic?
I think that training is important. I think you need to learn as much as you can learn. I would say that it's important and probably crucial, but I wouldn't say that everyone has to have it.
Roman Coppola
Juha Vaatainen
Lois McMaster Bujold
Doris Roberts
Pam Tillis
Jonathan Littell
Karl Ernst von Baer
Jeaniene Frost
Joseph Warren
Johannes Steinhoff
Bruce Hoffman
James Whistler